Accomplishments FY 2009/2010

Conducted a six hour Literacy Training Session and trained eight new literacy volunteers. Provided one on one literacy tutoring to 10 literacy students by trained volunteers.

Produced an Author Fair with 41 authors, 3 author panels, book sales and signings, a children’s program, and 4 hours of live music. Publicized the Fair widely in local papers, the Cable channel, posters and brochures. Approximately 650 people attended.

Coordinated the “One City, One Book” community reads program featuring The Art of Racing in the Rain. This encompassed a book fair at Barnes & Noble, librarian led book discussions, an author led book discussion via Skype, a dog therapy program at Borders bookstore and a race car driver program.

Coordinated three art displays and created 96 displays to showcase our collection. Displays highlighted books in the collection as well as various objects.

Introduced an Evening Book Club Discussion group, held once a month for four months. Two discussions were led by the author and two were led by library staff.

Created and distributed five specialized adult bibliographies. All bibliographies highlighted books found in the El Segundo Public Library. Titles were: “Art of Racing in the Rain companion titles”, “Book Lovers Mystery” “Book Lovers Westerns” “Travel” and “Hollywood: Tales From Tinseltown.”